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chainborne.bsky.social
Bookseller (British, bearded, bespectacled, bald). Fantasy-fan. Sci-Fi guy. Word-nerd. He/Him. On a mission to read all the middle-grade science fiction books.
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Hey friends! My band is now on Spotify!!! It would mean the world if you'd have a listen to our first EP, save it to a playlist and share it around a bit!!! Anything to get some eyes and ears on this passion project 🖤🖤🖤 open.spotify.com/album/2QnzlA...

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

Made a large purchase via PayPal today, and the money has yet to come out of my bank account. Until it does I'm in the delightful position whereby PayPal has basically treated me to a new Android tablet. 🤞😌🤞

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Victorian gentleman with a penchant for rhyme, informing you that he has a meal awaiting him: "I have a pizza to eat sir!" 🧐

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Introduced my younger colleagues to this absolute banger, to celebrate the release of Taylor Jenkins Reid's latest opus... youtu.be/6QEkUINpAsg

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Playing a *LOT* of Monster Train 2 this week on XBox, and no spoilers but the *thing* that happened when I got my first clan to Level 10 absolutely blew my mind! 🤯 An incredibly unexpected level of added value in today's nickel-and-dime gaming market. Just a fantastic game!

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Legitimately thought this screenshot was a @coreybrickley.bsky.social illustration at first glance. 😁

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

The movie Groundhog Day seems like paradise to me; a life where everyone's behaviour is predictable, none of my actions have consequence, and I have an eternity to read all the books and catch up on all the shows and take the time to work on improving myself without fear of embarrassment.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

I love it when I learn a new word from a novel. 😊 Not to brag but it doesn't happen very often these days. From chapter 29 of The Warden, by @soundingline.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Why do we call them "binders" when we could call them bust-blockers? 🤔 @robynholdaway.bsky.social

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Don't forget: SIR CALLIE AND THE WITCH'S WAR (Book 3) is coming out in paperback in July! And, rumor has it, there's a Book 4 excerpt in the back 👀 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737456...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Just saw a person with a black Stanley cup and thought for a second they were a photographer.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

I don't have a neurodivergent diagnosis, but the prospect of having to get my laundry out of the machine and hang it on the drying rack has prevented me from getting out of bed for the last two hours.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

I suppose every Roman Catholic Cardinal picks their Pope name at some point, just in case.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Every few months I'm seized by the panic that I've missed the Kushiel's Legacy announcement from @grimoakpress.bsky.social, even though I'm subscribed to their newsletter, subscribed to Jacqueline Carey's newsletter, and am a Grim Oak Elegy of Darkness owner.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

I'm really enjoying the Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett; twisty murder-mystery in a biotech fantasy world. I can't help but think though that if it was a Manga or Light Novel, the title would be something like "The Apprentice Investigator With Level 1 Skills is Incredibly Overpowered". 😄

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

This is your periodic reminder for UK readers that Blackwell's is a great source for American imports and US editions. Waterstones I'm sad to say, not so much.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Considering what kind of dad-joke I could make when the cashier in Next™ says "Next please!"

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Crazy to think this was once one of my most prized possessions. Now it's like a piece of the Nazi chinaware in American Beauty. 🫤

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment